Campground
Pelorus Bridge
Pelorus Bridge, Marlborough
Camp among giant native trees beside the Pelorus River, with swimming and an easy bush loop.
- Price
- DOC fee, check current rate
- Booking
- Book ahead
- Time to allow
- 24 hours
- Sites
- 54
A DOC camp on a river flat in remnant lowland forest, right off the highway between Nelson and Blenheim. The Pelorus River has clear swimming holes and there is a cafe at the entrance. It floods in heavy rain, so check warnings.
Good to know
- Swim at the bridge in summer
- Cafe at the entrance for breakfast
- Best time
- Summer
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Short narrow gravel road off SH6.
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Kitchen
- Powered sites
- Showers
- Toilets
- Drinking water
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